The history of Philosophy in the west begins with the Greeks, and
particularly with a group of philosophers commonly called the pre-
Socratics. This is not to say that there were not other pre-
philosophical rumblings in Egyptian, Semitic, and Babylonian
cultures. Certainly there were great thinkers and writers in each
of these cultures, and there is evidence that some of the earliest
Greek philosophers may have had contact with at least some of
the products of Egyptian and Babylonian thought. However, the
early Greek thinkers add at least one element which differentiates
their thought from all those who came before them. For the first
time in history, we discover in their writings something more than
dogmatic assertions about the way the world is ordered -- we
find reasoned arguments for various beliefs about the world.
Source:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
particularly with a group of philosophers commonly called the pre-
Socratics. This is not to say that there were not other pre-
philosophical rumblings in Egyptian, Semitic, and Babylonian
cultures. Certainly there were great thinkers and writers in each
of these cultures, and there is evidence that some of the earliest
Greek philosophers may have had contact with at least some of
the products of Egyptian and Babylonian thought. However, the
early Greek thinkers add at least one element which differentiates
their thought from all those who came before them. For the first
time in history, we discover in their writings something more than
dogmatic assertions about the way the world is ordered -- we
find reasoned arguments for various beliefs about the world.
Source:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia